Combined blotter and pen-wiper



(No Model.)

B. PROMIS. COMBINED B'LOTTER AND PEN WIPER,

No. 878,719. Patente Feb. 28, 1888.

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lUNIlE TATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE PROMIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED BLOTTER AND PEN-=WIPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,719, dated February28, 1888. Application filed November 17, 1887. Serial No. 255,408. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE Pecans, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and use ful CombinedBlotter andPen-\Viper, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to the combination of a blotter and pen-wiperin asingle article of manufacture; and its object is to provide a useful andornamental article which shall serve as a means of advertising. I attainthis object in the manner illustrated by the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figures 1, 2, 4i, and 5 are plan views of the blotter and wipervaried in size, shape, and representation presented, but withoutadvertising-matter. Figs. 3 and 6 are plan views of the same, but withadvertising-matter vari-' ously disposed. Fig. 7 is a plan view inperspective of the blotter and wiper.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a blotting-pad of paper or similar absorbent substance. Its size,shape, color, and quality are matters of taste and convenience. I do notwish to restrict myself to the use of only one such pad, as,where theexti a expense is not an objection, the number may be increased withadvantage.

Fig. 7 illustrates the use of several pads.

B is a flap of cloth or similar absorbent sub stance. It should be ofsuch size, shapc,color,

and quality as will best correspond to or contrast with pad A. This flapis to be used for wiping pens; but I do not wish to restrict myself tothe use of only one such flap, as more may be used with advantage wherethe increased expense is not objectionable.

Fig. 6 illustrates the use of two flaps differ ing greatly in shape,size, and color.

0 isadesign-piece made of clotl1,paper,cardboard, or like material cutin such shape and so colored or marked as to represent some object ofinterest or article of trade, preferably one to which the advertisementrelates. As is illustrated by the several figurers, the design may bevaried in accordance with choice or need,and,as is illustrated byFig.4,several may sometimes be appropriate in a single blotter andwiper.

D is advertising-matter placed upon a flap, as appears in Fig. 6, orupon a design, as appears in Fig. 3.

E is a ribbon whose two ends are run in two adjacent places through padA, flap B,aud design-piece O, and tied in a bow-knot on the face of O.This is a means of fastening which is preferable for its beauty; but A,B, and 0 may be held together at some point or points by any suitablemeans.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture,- a combined blotter andpen-wiper, which consists of one or more layers of blottingpaper orsimilar absorbent substance, one or more layers of cloth or similarabsorbent substance, and one or more layers of cloth, paper, cardboard,or like material, cut to such shape and so colored or marked as torepresent some object of interest or article of trade, all said layersbeing by suitable means fastened together at some point or points,substantially as set forth.

2. In a blotter and pen-wiper, a designpiece which consists of a pieceor strip of cloth, paper, cardboard, or like material cut to such shapethat its outlines correspond to the outlines of some object of interestor some article of trade, and of such color and so marked on-the sidepresented to view as to better represent such object or article,substantially as set forth.

3. In a blotter and pen-wiper, the combina tion of design-piece O, withflap B, and pad A, substantially as set forth.

4. In a blotter and penwiper, the combination of flap B,with the piece0, for advertising, and pad A, substantially as set forth.

EUGENE PROMIS.

Witnesses:

D. GOODBREAD, ED. BEDLOOK.

